Bitter Christmas (15)

Name: Bitter Christmas (15) — Love, loss and creativity collide in the magnificent new melodrama from Pedro Almodóvar.
Start: 2026-09-24T15:50:00+01:00
Location: HOME

Love, loss and creativity collide in the magnificent new melodrama from Pedro Almodóvar.

Fri 28 Aug - Thu 24 Sep

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Raúl is a respected filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa, a filmmaker struggling to write a script of her own, and whose journey begins to mirror that of her creator.
The two filmmakers become two sides of the same character, trading places in a game of mirrors where the raw honesty of autofiction proves to be a force both revealing and destructive. How far can one go to tell a story?

Pedro Almodóvar, one of the leading lights of contemporary world cinema, returns with a magnificent, metafictional melodrama that grapples with love, loss and the creative process.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Duration: 111 min
Opening: Fri 28 Aug
Year: 2026
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English

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